Dear Tamsyn,
this is the New Testament in Syriac published by the Bible Society.
You can find a record for that book, for example, here:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/new-testament-in-syriac/oclc/265530351
Sincerely
Grigory Kessel
Dr. Grigory Kessel
Fachgebiet Kirchengeschichte
Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie
Philipps Universität
Lahntor 3
35037
Marburg
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb05/fachgebiete/kirchengeschichte/personal/kessel
https://uni-marburg.academia.edu/GrigoryKessel
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> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:14:12 +1200
> From: Tamsyn Bayliss <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Cataloguing Syriac
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> *Apologies for cross-posting*
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> Hello,
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> I have a cataloguing query and wondered if anyone can help...
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> I have a foreign language book, which has been identified as Syriac Aramaic, in Estrangela. A colleague thinks this is similar to the works around Manichaeism, a religion founded in Persia in the 3rd century.
> This book was probably bound in England, mid-late 19th century, and the only English being a small label for "Watkins binder", who seemed to work with religious texts in foreign languages in late 19th C.
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> Attached are a few photos of the title page, last page, other text and the cover.
> If anyone might be able to help me translate the title and imprint, please get in touch!
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> Kind regards,
> Tamsyn
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